Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> I'd get the baby its own bedroom separate from mine, and if there
> were no obvious reason for why it persisted in crying and the doctor
> had no solution, I'd let the baby cry itself to sleep in the hopes
> that it is merely seeking excessive attention or affection and will
> grow out of it.

My son was a pretty mellow baby. He basically only cried when he needed
something, like his diaper changed or some milk.

But my basic philosophy was that you should never give a child under 1 a
reason to cry. Until then, they only cry because of real needs. My goal was
to anticipate those needs, and not even give him a reason to cry. When they
start cognating on how they can control their parents with their crying is
when you need to wean them off a bit. Then again, my son wasn't the sort
that would just continue to cry no matter what you did.

My son did have one thing though; he would get into this mood where he
wanted you to walk around while you held him. Just sitting and rocking
wasn't enough -- the little shit could tell the difference. I can remember
many a night, pacing the hallway at 3am, carrying him around while trying to
read some highly technical paper on the lambda calculus for lecture the next
morning.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom